Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-25

stores Ill new OK anu bFOOhlyuS uIa"-
ers in which there are kept moneys which
the clerks are to go and get whatever
they want to conduct these people
through the designations of the city. The
head men OF the firm wink at IL, and in
some places actually demand 1t, pro-
fessed Christian merchants. One would
think that the prayer would freeze o.
their lips, and they would fall back dead
at the sound of their own song. What
chance is there for young men when COM
mercial establishments expect such
things of them? Among all things in
fernal, l pronounce that the most damna-
Bile. Young man, how will that firm treat
you when you are utterly despoiled, and
dragged out with sin, going through the
haunts of iniquity for the purpose of get
ting customers for their store? How
will they treat you? o, they will give
you pension! They will build you a
fine housed They will get you a horse
and carriage! Will they? No. Some
day you will go tc the store, shabby, in
toxicated, worn out IN their service,
and they will say: "John, you are
disgrace to our house. Now,
Just look at yourself Accountant, how
much do we owe this MANI" ga dollar
and thirty cents" "Well, now, here
here it is; dollar and thirty cents. Go
off. Don't be hanging around the store"
Magnanimity superb! They stole the
lustre from his eye, and the color from
his cheek, and the honor from his soul,
and then they kicked him out. If such
professed Christian merchants don't go
straight to hell, don't know any use OF
having such a place. o, young men, dis
ipT kha nf firm dis.
appoint those Gust ,mers, if these things
are expected of you. You may sell an
extra case Of goods; you may sell an eX-
ira roll of silk; but the trouble is, you
may have to throw your soul to boot in
the bargain.
Again: 1 counsel all clerks to conquer
the trials of their particular position.
| One great trial for clerks is the inconsid-
Grafton of customers. There are people
who are entirely polite everywhere else,
but gruff and dictatorial, and cOntempti-
! BILE when they come into q store to buy
anything. There are thousands of men
and women who 60 from store to store to
price things, without any idea of pur-
chase. They are not satisfied until every
roA of goods is brought down and they
have pointed out all the real or imaginary
uGlSClB. 4uCy LlJ Ou oil MINUS VA h'N
! gloves, and stretch them out of shape,
and they put on all styles of cloak and
walk to the mirror to see how it would
look, and then they sail out of the store,
saving: 81 will not take it to-day"
which means: 81 don't want it al"
leaving the clerk amid q wreck of rib
| bons, and laces, and Cl1ths, to smooth
/ out $500 worth of goOds-nOt one cent of
] oh hot III or pN-
| pect to buy. Now l call that dishonesty
on the part of that person. If
boy runs into d store
counter and sneaks out into the street,
you Ill join in the cry pell nell: "Stop
thief" When l see you 60 into store,
not expecting to buy anything but to
lrice things, stealing the time of the
clerk, and stealing the time of his employ
er, say too: "Stop thief" If l were
asked which class of persons most need
the grace of God amid their annoyences,
1 would say: "Dry goods clerks" All
! the indignation of customers about the
high prices comes on the clerk. For in
stance: A great war comes. The manu-
! to battle. The price of goods run
| up - OOSOOIuC1 NOhlSC 4hSS
! the store. Goods have gone up
CHOW much is that worth?" ga dollar"
"a dollar! Outrageous. A dollar!"
Why, VINO is to blame for the fact that it
! has got to be dollar? Does the indig-
nation go out to the manufacturers on the
banks of the Merrimac, because they
| have closed up? No. Does the indigna-
| ton go out toward the employer, who is
| o+h iC caof9 II
on the clerk. He got up the war! He
levied the taxes! He puts up the rents
| OF course the clerk!
Then a great trial comes to clerks in
the fact that they see the parsimontous
! side of human nature. You talk about
lies behind the counter-there are just as
many lies before the-cOunUer. Augustine
! speaks of man who advertised that he
would, on a certain occasion, tell the
people what was in their hearts. A great
crowd assembled, and he stepped to the
front and said az will tell you what is
in your hearts: To buy cheap and sell
dear" o, people of Brooklyn! lay Lot
aside your urbanitY when you come into
store. Treat the clerks like gentlemen
and ladies-proving yourself to be gen
tIeman or lady Remember, that if the
prices are nlSu anu your PURSE Ie
lean, that it is no fault of the
clerks. And if you have son or a daugh-
ter amid those perplextt es of commercial
| life, and such one comes home all worn
out, be lenient, and know that the martyr
at the stake no more certainly needs the
grace of God than our young people amid
the seven times heated exasperatlOns of a
clerks life.
Then there are all the trials which come
! to clerks from the treatment of inconsid-
ate employers. There are protested
! Christian men in this city who have no
more regard for their clerks than they
have for the scales on which the sugars
are weighed. A CLERK is no more than so
much store furniture. No consideration
for their rights or their interests. Not
one word of encouragement from sunrise
to sunset, nor from January to December.
But when anything goes wrong-a streak
of dust on the counter, or a box with the
cover of-thunder showers of scolding
Men imperious, capricious, cranky to-
wards their Clerks-their whole manner
as much as to say; "All the interest I
have in you is to see what can get out
! of Youn